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Definitions for illimitable
ɪˈlɪm ɪ tə bəlil·lim·itable

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. illimitable, limitless, measurelessadjective

    without limits in extent or size or quantity

    "limitless vastness of our solar system"

Wiktionary

  1. illimitableadjective

    Impervious to limitation, without limit.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Illimitableadjective

    That which cannot be bounded or limited.

    Etymology: in and limes, Latin.

    Although in adoration of idols, unto the subtiler heads, the worship perhaps might be symbolical; yet was the idolatry direct in the people, whose credulity is illimitable, and who may be made believe that any thing is God. Thomas Browne, Vu. Err.

    With what an awful world-revolving power,
    Were first th' unwieldy planets launch'd along
    The illimitable void! James Thomson, Summer.

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  1. illimitable

    Illimitable is an adjective referring to something that is limitless or without boundaries, something that cannot be measured or confined due to its vastness or infinite nature. It commonly refers to concept such as space, time, possibilities, abilities or potential.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Illimitableadjective

    incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Illimitable

    il-lim′it-a-bl, adj. that cannot be bounded: infinite.—n. Illim′itableness.—adv. Illim′itably.—n. Illimitā′tion.—adj. Illim′ited.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of illimitable in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of illimitable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of illimitable in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Jefferson:

    This institution will be based upon the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

  2. Octavius Winslow (1808-1878):

    Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so overflowing, with love so tender, with sympathy so exquisite, with power so illimitable, with resources so boundless, with a nature so changeless, stands before us and says to each trembling heart, 'Fear not!'”

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